The Server Controversy and Upcoming Bayelsa and Kogi Elections, By Moshood Isah
Although, this is subject to assent to the new electoral bill, analysts believe that the upcoming Kogi and Bayelsa elections present other opportunities for the Commission to sincerely test run its server ahead of subsequent elections, pending when the electoral bill is signed into law. Barely four months to the…
Essential Skills for the Future of Work, By Adetola Salau
Technology has enabled collaboration to go across physical boundaries, and signposts thrilling times ahead. This entails people from across various backgrounds working together, and we need to get our youth ready for this. Working like this would require learning how to form alliances and lead through influence. The important thing…
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RUGA: The Fulani Must Not Fight Buhari’s War, By SKC Ogbonnia
...the Fulani masses must not fight the Buhari’s war. Neither the South nor the Middle Belt has a case against the Fulani as people. After all, Nigeria had coexisted peacefully under past Fulani leaders. Similarly, the people of Southern Nigeria and the Middle Belt must equally sheathe their swords. The…
When Will Nigeria’s Higher Institutions Embrace Open Book Exam?, By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Why should our higher institutions be having problems with exams malpractice? If these schools set the right questions, it would be almost impossible to cheat during exams. It is difficult to cheat when exam questions task students’ creativity, assimilation and analytical prowesses. Last Wednesday, the authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan,…
AfCFTA: On the Path To “The Africa We Want”, By Nabila Okino
It is estimated that the success of the AfCFTA will be to connect billion people and create a $ trillion economic bloc. It would create an expanded market for African goods and services, integrate national markets to regional markets, leading to economic diversification, structural transformation and the enhancement of human…
Mayne David-West At 70, By Dele Agekameh
At work and leisure, David-West’s humaneness to peers and underlings is infectious: a warm, regal, confident man with reassuring calm, he brings out the best in his closest co-workers and associates. David-West speaks his mind without sacrificing honesty or empathy. That takes a lot of courage and discipline. There are…
Osoba’s Cold Wars and Last Laugh, By Louis Odion
For the Akinrogun of Egbaland, there is surely more to a name. With “Olusegun” translating roughly as “the conqueror”, there can be no better evidence of a predestination to prevail over adversaries. That steely durability could only have resulted from a fortitude steeped in a deep spiritualism cultivated early in…
A New Cold War In Africa, By Mehari Maru
If the wants to compete with China on the continent, it should do so in good faith. It can gain a competitive advantage by offering African countries better, more credible and principled alternatives to those put forward by China. But that can only happen if the develops a strategy that…
Buhari’s Zero-Sum Politics, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
It bears telling that the give-and-take that used to be a constant in our politics has been exchanged in favour of the Daura Doctrine - of work with those you know, work with incompetent people as long as they are loyal to the identity agenda and look away if and…
Nduka Obaigbena At 60: A Note of Appreciation To ‘The Duke’, By Jide Ojo
I that ‘The Duke’ loves giving the youth opportunity to excel. Many of our reporters, producers and newscasters are in their 20s and 30s. He is also an equal opportunity employer with a gender-balanced team. One other thing I like about the prince from Delta State is his high standards.…
